Device for and method of securing windbreaks



1933. J. LEDWINKA 1,896,632

DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF SECURING WINDBREAKS Filed 001;. 2, 1929 IN VEN TOR.

JOSEPH LEDWINKAQ A TTORNEY.

Fatented Feb. 1833 i A incense JOSEPE LEDWINKA, OF PHILADELPHIA,-

B'UDD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, PORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T EDWARD G.

YHILADELPH'IA, PENNSYLVANIA, A COB- DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF SECURING WTNDBRIEAKS Application filed (letober 2, 1929. Serial No. 396,823.

'- My invention relates generally to windpanel adjacent the windbreak seat, which can be readily bent over a portion of the wind- .16 break strip to secure it in place.

In the drawing, I have shown in Figure 1 a section of a sheet metal panel adapted to form the inner surface of a frame-member adjacent the edge of a doorway opening-in a vehicle body and embodying the invention. Figure 2 shows asection of a'iwindbreak adaptedto be used in connection with my invention, and p Figure 3 is a cross section of a. post struc- 2 ture between the front and rear door openings of a vehicle body showing thewindbreak secured, thereto according to the device and method of my invention so In the drawing I have shown the invention P which the body paneling and-framing around the closure openings is madeup of an outer panel flanged inwardly to form the jambs of the doors, and an inner panel connected to the inner edges of the outer panel to reinforce the. outer panel and to provide means to seat and secure the interior trim. Y

I have shown the invention applied to the B-C post of a. vehicle body or the post extending upwardly between the front and rear door openings, but it will be understood thatit may be applied along the edges of any closure opening having a c osure adapted to close against a amb face extending around the e go of the opening.

"flanges 16 and 17. The

' ing channel or depressions 20 .and 21 on their flanges 24 and 25.

down into the channels 20 and 21 to form plied to a vehicle body construction in This post is comprised of an outer panel 10 flanged inwardly in the margins of the door openings to form the stepped jamb faces 11 and, 12 adapted to receive thereagainst the correspondingly stepped edges of the doors, illustrated at 13. I

At their inner edges, these. jamb face por-- tions are formed with lateral door overlap flanges 14 and 15 which are extended by inner reinforcing panel 18 of the post, a section of which is shown separately in Fig. 1 is formed'with a substantially flat central portion-19, and horizontal outwardly extending beads form- Kill inner sides and outer shoulders 22 and 23 on their outer sides. Laterally beyond these channels the panel is formed with edge When the inner panel. stamping 18 is assembled with the outer panel stamping 10, the shoulders 22 and 23 seat against the insides of the 11 and 12 and the outer edge flanges 24 and 25 seat against the door overlap flanges 14 and 15of the outer panel to which they may be secured by spot welding, and additionally by crimping the extensions 16 and 17-over th e flanges 24 and 25, and their extreme edges alocked crimped joinder. I

' Prior to the assembly of the inner panel 18 to the outer panel 10, it is formed, as shown 'in Fig. 1, with struck out tabs26, the free ends 27 of which are bent away from the body of the panel, as shown in Fig. 1.

The windbreak 28, a section of which is shown separately in Figure 2, is comprised in this instance of a; relatively unyleldlng beaded portion 29 along one edge, and a yielding beaded portion 29' of larger cross section along the other edge, the beaded portions being-joined by a fabric strip 30 of less thickness than the beaded edges.

To assemble this with the post, an end thereof is applied with the-unyielding head 90 jamb face portions 2 Iaeeaeea 29 seated in the channel, at-20, and the adjacent tab 26 is bent down upon the d, as shown in Fig. 3, to lock it in the channel. The end of the windbreak strip being so secured, it is progressively inserted into the channel,.which may extend all the way or part way around the doorway opening, and the tabs successively bent down until the Windbreak has been secured entirely around the opening or to so much of it as it is desired to apply it. I

Thus it is securely held in position withoutthe use of additional securing means, by the integral struck out tabs formed integrally with the panel and permits the ready assembly of the inner upholstery panelindicated I at 31 which covers over the inner paneling and tabs and clamps the portion 30 of the weather strip between its edge portions and the door overlapped crimped edge of the post,

the rigid upholstery panels additionally securing it in position after their application. Thus it will be seen that I have provided a simplified construction and method of assembly of the windbreak which, While pro- I viding a secure j oinder of the windbreak, also speeds up the assembly thereof to a marked degree, and thus results in marked economies of time and material in the art to which it relates. I I

While I have herein described the invention as relating more particularly to the 'attachment of windbreaks, it will be understood that some of the main features thereof are also applicable to devices for securing upholstery or other trim of a vehicle body generally, and I do not wish to limit myself in the broader" aspects of the invention to devices for securing windbreaks per so.

What I claim is:

In combination, a grooved metal paneling, an upholstery element seated in the groove, metal tabs struck wholly from the side wall of the groove and pressed down upon the upholstery element with their outer faces flush with the outer face of the metalipanelmg, and an upholstery covering for the metal panel in contact with its outer face and overlying the element in the groove and the tabs which hold it in place, whereby the smooth ness of the metal panel and its upholstery facing 1s undisturbed by the tabs.

In testimonywhereof I hereunto a'flix my I signature.

v JOSEPH LEDWINKA. ,1 

